@article{8619ed5bb8434fcdb1b3fe3a3a20fa1f,
title = "Heterostructure Engineering of a Reverse Water Gas Shift Photocatalyst",
abstract = "To achieve substantial reductions in CO2 emissions, catalysts for the photoreduction of CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels will most likely be at the heart of key renewable-energy technologies. Despite tremendous efforts, developing highly active and selective CO2 reduction photocatalysts remains a great challenge. Herein, a metal oxide heterostructure engineering strategy that enables the gas-phase, photocatalytic, heterogeneous hydrogenation of CO2 to CO with high performance metrics (i.e., the conversion rate of CO2 to CO reached as high as 1400 µmol g cat−1 h−1) is reported. The catalyst is comprised of indium oxide nanocrystals, In2O3− x(OH)y, nucleated and grown on the surface of niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) nanorods. The heterostructure between In2O3− x(OH)y nanocrystals and the Nb2O5 nanorod support increases the concentration of oxygen vacancies and prolongs excited state (electron and hole) lifetimes. Together, these effects result in a dramatically improved photocatalytic performance compared to the isolated In2O3− x(OH)y material. The defect optimized heterostructure exhibits a 44-fold higher conversion rate than pristine In2O3− x(OH)y. It also exhibits selective conversion of CO2 to CO as well as long-term operational stability.",
keywords = "CO conversion, charge transfer, heterostructures, photocatalysts, semiconductors",
author = "Hong Wang and Jia Jia and Lu Wang and Keith Butler and Rui Song and Gilberto Casillas and Le He and Kherani, {Nazir P.} and Perovic, {Doug D.} and Liqiang Jing and Aron Walsh and Roland Dittmeyer and Ozin, {Geoffrey A.}",
note = "Funding Information: G.A.O. acknowledges the financial support of the following agencies: Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI); Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (MEDI); Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC); Best in Science (BIS); Ministry of Research Innovation and Science (MRIS) Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF); Ontario Centre of Excellence Solutions 2030 Challenge Fund; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Imperial Oil; University of Toronto Connaught Innovation Fund (CIF); Connaught Global Challenge (CGC) Fund; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). D.D.P. is the Celestica Chair in Materials for Microelectronics. H.W. acknowledges the financial support from the Nankai University and National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21875119 and 51802208). This research used equipment funded by the ARC LIEF Grant No. LE120100104 and located at the UOW Electron Microscopy Centre. Funding Information: G.A.O. acknowledges the financial support of the following agencies: Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI); Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (MEDI); Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC); Best in Science (BIS); Ministry of Research Innovation and Science (MRIS) Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF); Ontario Centre of Excellence Solutions 2030 Challenge Fund; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Imperial Oil; University of Toronto Connaught Innovation Fund (CIF); Connaught Global Challenge (CGC) Fund; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). D.D.P. is the Celestica Chair in Materials for Microelectronics. H.W. acknowledges the financial support from the Nankai University and National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21875119 and 51802208). This research used equipment funded by the ARC LIEF Grant No. LE120100104 and located at the UOW Electron Microscopy Centre. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/advs.201902170",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
journal = "Advanced Science",
issn = "2198-3844",
publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag",
number = "22",
}